Japan's Divided Education Strategy
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NYTIMES
Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating their Asian neighbors in the process. But at the same time, they are promotin...
Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating their Asian neighbors in the process. But at the same time, they are promotin...
- October 31, 2014
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Japanese University to boost International Ranking
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JAPANTIMES
The government has announced it will provide funding to 37 leading public and private universities in a bid to boost their global competitiveness.
They will receive annual grants for up to 10 years to boost the number of foreign staff, secure more overseas admissions and hopefully ra...
The government has announced it will provide funding to 37 leading public and private universities in a bid to boost their global competitiveness.
They will receive annual grants for up to 10 years to boost the number of foreign staff, secure more overseas admissions and hopefully ra...
- October 24, 2014
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Low incomes in rural areas blamed for growing gap in university admissions
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
A widening gap in incomes in urban and rural areas is primarily to blame for a growing chasm in university admissions.
Calculations by The Asahi Shimbun based on an education ministry survey show a difference of about 40 percentage points between the prefecture with the highes...
A widening gap in incomes in urban and rural areas is primarily to blame for a growing chasm in university admissions.
Calculations by The Asahi Shimbun based on an education ministry survey show a difference of about 40 percentage points between the prefecture with the highes...
- October 16, 2014
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University of Tokyo keeps No. 23 world ranking
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NEWSONJAPAN.com
The University of Tokyo maintained its position in global university rankings at 23rd, but four other Japanese universities in the top 200 saw their rankings drop from 2013, according to the British magazine Times Higher Education.
Todai was ranked the highest among the Asian inst...
The University of Tokyo maintained its position in global university rankings at 23rd, but four other Japanese universities in the top 200 saw their rankings drop from 2013, according to the British magazine Times Higher Education.
Todai was ranked the highest among the Asian inst...
- October 9, 2014
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What's wrong with English education in Japan?
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NEWSONJAPAN.com
When you speak to foreign English educators in Japan, one thing becomes crystal clear: English education in Japan isn't working.
It's just awful. While English classes are mandatory in Japanese schools, the percentage of students who emerge with actual English abilities are surp...
When you speak to foreign English educators in Japan, one thing becomes crystal clear: English education in Japan isn't working.
It's just awful. While English classes are mandatory in Japanese schools, the percentage of students who emerge with actual English abilities are surp...
- October 9, 2014
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Tokyo Stock Exchange operator to provide entrepreneurship education for students
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JAPANTIMES
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, will provide junior high and high school students with education on entrepreneurship through a simulation.
With the Abe administration including entrepreneurship education in its economic growth strategy, as ...
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, will provide junior high and high school students with education on entrepreneurship through a simulation.
With the Abe administration including entrepreneurship education in its economic growth strategy, as ...
- September 17, 2014
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Designs on Japan’s student potential
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Japan’s creative industries are world renowned, yet the country’s education system more often than not is perceived as a grueling succession of cram schools and formulaic exams that prepare its youth for a life of apparent conformity.
As Japan becomes ever more reliant on Cool Japan-driven “sof...
As Japan becomes ever more reliant on Cool Japan-driven “sof...
- August 27, 2014
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Finding Part-time Work
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Many foreign students choose to do part-time work to help pay their tuition or living expenses. Today, eight out of ten foreign students are engaged in some type of part-time work in Japan (Source: JASSO survey 2009). However, under the status of residence of "exc...
Many foreign students choose to do part-time work to help pay their tuition or living expenses. Today, eight out of ten foreign students are engaged in some type of part-time work in Japan (Source: JASSO survey 2009). However, under the status of residence of "exc...
- August 21, 2014
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Osaka University's new role: venture capitalist to support startup business from their students
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Osaka University is planning a wholly owned venture capital firm to fund startups formed by its own faculty and students.
If the plan receives government approval, the national university will become the first in Japan to establish a venture capital firm since a related ban was lifted in April....
If the plan receives government approval, the national university will become the first in Japan to establish a venture capital firm since a related ban was lifted in April....
- August 19, 2014
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70% of Japanese university graduates have found employment
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
The employment rate of new university graduates this year improved for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 69.8 percent, up 2.5 percentage points from the previous fiscal year.
According to the education ministry’s preliminary School Basic Survey r...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The employment rate of new university graduates this year improved for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 69.8 percent, up 2.5 percentage points from the previous fiscal year.
According to the education ministry’s preliminary School Basic Survey r...
- August 19, 2014
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